Places scoutboy Wants to Go

This historic system is the zero level benchmark for measuring the depths and altitudes of the Baltic.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

This cheeky statue of a man defecating gold coins graces the facade of a medieval guildhall.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

This medieval castle was painted pink as part of a now-abandoned children's theme park.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

The oldest still-inhabited hill fort in India looks like a magnificent golden sandcastle.

The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.

The first recognized Neanderthal remains were found in this now-lost cave in 1856.

This early Norman castle was the first historical monument protected by an act of Parliament.

A retail shop has preserved the 17th-century food cellar from the old building it now occupies.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

New Jersey's last historic covered bridge was rebuilt from pieces of the original 19th-century structure.

Every Tuesday, students let off steam by screaming into the night air.

A nightly tradition fills the streets of Flogsta with a collective scream.

A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.

The Australian terminal of the Pacific Cable that linked the continent to North America.

This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.